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·Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask [L A bribe is a magic stone in the eyes of those who give it].
·They think it will work every time [L It grants success to all who use it].

·Whoever forgives someone’s sin makes a friend [L One who seeks love conceals an offense],
but ·gossiping about the sin [repeating a thing] breaks up friendships.

10 A wise person will learn more from a ·warning [rebuke]
than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.

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A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
    they think success will come at every turn.(A)

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(B)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(C)

10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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